New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-05
ANOTHER CASE FOR PASTEI1R
MRS. JOHN 8. ELLIS BITTEN BY HER DOG


MRS. JOHN 3. ELLIS BITTEN BY HER DOG
SIZE SAILS FOR PARIS ALTHOUGH NOT REALLY ~
DREAD OF HYDROPHOBA
John 5. Ellis and his wife and sou are passeu.
gers on the steamship Arizona, which sailed from
this port for Liverpool yesterday A week aeo
Mrs. Ellis was bitten by pet dog and she is on
her way to Paris in order to place herself under
the treatment of NJ. Pasteur
Mrs. Ellis Is well known in fashionable society,
She is a daughter of the late Lawrence Waterbury.
VINO founded the extensive cordage warehouse
business OF l.. Waterbury Co. and was largely
interested in the East River, Nassau and Astoris
Ferry companies and the Mount Olivet Cemetery.
She is sister Of James NJ. Waterbury, who sucs
ceeded to his fathers business lie is PRESIDENT
of the Country Club and occupies a handsome
house at No.43 Fifthave in this city during tho
winter and spacious villa at Baychester in tho
summer and autumn. Mr. Ellis is president OF
The New-fork Paper Bag Machine AMI Manufacs
turing Company Mr.. and Mrs Ellis live through.
out The year In spacious house situated in the
midst OF good-sized park at Bartow. on tho
Sound, within walking distance of her brothers.
villa
Among Mrs E1lis's household pets was a large
Scotch collie. which was regarded by experts az
cne Of the best specimens Of its breed in this
REGARDED as a safe playfellow for the children of
the neighborhood and had learned number Of
tricks which made him especially valuable in thu
eyes OF his owner A vagabond dog was wandcr.
Ing across the Ellis grounds when the collie inter-
copied him and fight ensued, which Mrs Ellis
attempted to stop by grasping her pet by the
neck. The collie turned upon her and pressed his
sharp teeth in her wrist just deep enough to break
the skin. She thought nothing Of the matter
until day o. two later when the collie showed
symptoms Of suffcriny and acted in an unusually
ilLnatured way when a, preached.
The animal finally died on Thursday and then
it began to he feared that he was suffering from
rabies and it decided TO have ost-mortem
examination made. Accordingly the body was
sent to the Veterinary Hospital in this city and
there Professor Alexander Liautard. the dean Of
the faculty of the American Veterinary College.
made an autopsy. He concluded that the direct
cause Of the dogs death CONGESTION Of the
brain. 1t was believed, however. that there were
indications Of rabies in his system AMI this be-
lief was strengthened when it learned that
the dog with which the collie had fought had
been killed because it was thought that he had
hydrophobia.
When the friends and relatives Of Mrs Ellis
heard Of these facts they became somewhat
alarmed and urged her to take precautionary
| measures 10 ensure ierSeu i~alflsC an atlaCk Oh
hydrophoba. She did not share their fears. but
after much solicitation decided to follow their
wishes AMI started for Paris yesterday. She carried
with her letters Of Introduction to NJ Pasteun
from Professor Liautard and Or. Valentine Mott.
She exrects to spend the remainder Of the winter
in Paris and on the Continent.
REGARDING his sisters departure James NJ.
Waterbury said: The fact that Mrs Ellis has
gone to Paris to be treated does not necessarily
make the implication good that she is at all
apprchensive of being attacked with hydrOphobia-
On the contrary she has no fear OF 1t. Her
fren ls however, thought 1t would be best taking
all the crcumst ances into consideration that she
take every precaution to neutralize any possible
evil effect Of the dogs bite. and she had been
tanning to 60 abroad soon anyway she was not
averse to fastening the time of her departure.
The subject of her being inoculatcd in accordance
with Pasteur's system by New-York physician
was discussed but it was finally decided that tho
safest plan would be to nut the in the hands
of the Partisan expert. since his experience had
been so much greater than that of any one IN this
county"
Professor Iiautari refused to say anything
about the result of his examination of Mrs Elliss
dogs body and Dr. Mott said that he had not seen
Mis-. Ellis since she had been bitten. that no
knew little or nothing about the case and there
fore could not discuss it.
A lea ing veterinary surgeon who has made
study of rabies in dOgs and who is somew hat ac-
quaintcd with the facts in the case of Mrs. Ellis
thought that her trip to EuroIe was wholly I'M
necessary AS far as | can disco cr, lie said,
there is no ntlmatiOn that the collie was really
suffering from rabies or that the dog that bit him
was an how preliminary symptoms Of the malady
could be determined upon | do not understand.
For some time the hydrophobia scare seems "a
have been the popular thing am has all arisen
through the l. norance Of the general public ana
their medical ad, isers and the circulation OF III
advised sensations literature on the subJec1.
True rabies is not conta2iOl but an acute IN
fecti us malady of extremely occurrence.
oun 5 inflicted by dogs are in no sense e. idenco
of rabies even if followed by se ious or fatal ro-
suits The animal that bit Mis-. ILLS seems to
have been enraged at the time and rs was
natural unier the circlmst ances. when his mis-
trcss inteIfered between him and the dog no
was fighting snapped at her. Now even II tho
strangc dog was suffering from rabies which l
very much doubt. and bit the collie. IL was
utt crly impossible for the latter TO have been 50
quickly infected with the poison rs TO lnocuiate
Mrs Ills with it when he pressed Ills teeth INTO
her wrist Ii the $500 eases which NJ fasleur
has treated were Of the same nature as thls OF
Mrs Eniss. I don't wonder that he has been 50
successful Most of them would have recovered
wst as surely if they had never visited him.
SOME LIGHT ON THE SAVIN SUICIDE